COPA DE VINO

Go to File > New to start a new document. Set your colors to default
black outline and no fill. Cmd/ctrl + R to activate the rulers, then rightclick (ctrl-click on the Mac) one of the rulers and choose pixels to set
document unit of measurement to pixels.
Choose the Ellipse tool and click once on the page to open the options.
the size of the ellipse to 88 pixels wide by 136 pixels high and click OK
create the ellipse. With the ellipse selected, go to Object > Path >
Offset Path and enter -3 pixels and click OK. Pull the inside ellipse
away and set it aside for a minute.

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Make an ellipse 72 wide by 16 high and position it as shown on the

larger outer ellipse. (The inner ellipse has been pulled away and set aside, remember?) Select the
larger ellipse and the new small ellipse. Open the Align palette (Window > Align) and click the
Horizontal Align Center button.
Select the small ellipse and go to Edit > Copy (cmd/ctrl + C), then Edit >
Paste in Front (cmd/ctrl + F).
Select the front small ellipse and the larger ellipse. In the Pathfinder palette
(Window > Pathfinder), opt/alt + click on the Subtract from Shape Area
button. When you hold opt/alt and click, the shapes are expanded without
having to click the expand button. Through this whole step you won't see
any change in the appearance of the shapes.
With the pieces still selected, go to Object > Ungroup (shift + cmd/ctrl + G).
(If Ungroup is grayed out, go back to the Pathfinder palette and click the
Expand button.) Use the select tool to select and press delete to remove the
top piece. Select > All (cmd/ctrl + A), then go to Object > Group (cmd/ctrl +
G) to group the remaining pieces. You now have the top of the glass.
Create a new ellipse 82 wide by 22 high and position it as shown on the left
illustration below on the inner ellipse you set aside earlier. Select both pieces
and click the Align Horizontal Align Center button on the Align palette. Select
the new smaller ellipse, then Edit > Copy (cmd/ctrl + C), then Edit > Paste in Front (cmd/ctrl + F).
In the Pathfinder palette (Window > Pathfinder), opt/alt
+
click on the Subtract from Shape Area button. Go to
Object > Ungroup (shift +cmd/ctrl + G) and then delete
the top piece as before. (If Ungroup is grayed out, go
back to the Pathfinder palette and click the Expand
button.) Select both pieces and go to Object > Group
(cmd/ctrl + G). This will be the wine.
Place the wine in the glass as shown
and use the Align palette to align the
horizontal centers. Set this aside for
now.

Make a 24 pixel wide by 12 pixel high ellipse. Next choose the rounded
rectangle tool from the toolbox and click the artboard once to open the
options. Set the width to 15 pixels, the height to 100 pixels, and the corner
radius to 12. Position the two pieces as shown on the left below. Use the
Align palette to align the horizontal centers.
Select only the top ellipse. Hold the opt/alt key and start to drag downward,
then press and hold the shift key while you drag in a straight line downward

to add another ellipse to the bottom of the stem. Holding the opt/alt key as you drag makes a copy;
holding shift constrains the drag to a straight line.
Drag a guide from the top ruler across the center point of the rounded rectangle. Choose the Add
Point tool from the Pen Tool flyout, and add a point on each side of the rectangle.

Use the convert point tool (shift + C) to convert both of the new
points to curves and use the Direct Select tool (A) to push each
side inward slightly.

Select all three pieces and on the Pathfinder palette, opt/alt click
the Add to Shape Area button to combine all three pieces into one.
Make an ellipse 82 wide by 26 high for the foot of
the glass. Select both pieces and align the centers
horizontally in the Align palette. Select only the
ellipse, and send it to the back of the stem (Object
Arrange > Send to Back). Object > Group (cmd/ctrl
G) to keep the pieces together.

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Use the Direct Select tool to

curve the top of the stem inward so it will fit against the bottom of the glass.

Push the stem up against the bottom of the glass, select the stem
go to Object > Arrange > Send to Back.
Fill all parts of the wineglass white if they aren't already. The wine
pieces we will fill with a gradient in a few minutes.

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This section refers to the

pieces as named in the
illustration above. Use
the direct select tool to
select the glass top.
Remove the stroke. Don't
de-select or you won't be
able to see it. Go to
Effect > Stylize > Inner
Glow, and chose Multiply
Mode, Opacity 75%, and
Blur 7. Click the Edge
button, and then click the
color swatch to open the
color picker. Type EEEEEE
in the hex color box and click OK to set the Inner Glow color to a light gray.
Use the direct select tool to select the glass bowl,
and remove the stroke as you did on the glass top
piece. Go to Effect > Inner Glow (the last used Effect
will be at the top of the Effect Menu) and set the
same settings as above EXCEPT change the blur to
about 22 pixels. (Don't forget to change the Mode to
Multiply, and you will have to change the color to
gray again as well!).

Use the direct select tool so select the stem, remove

the stroke, and go to Effect > Inner Glow. Once again
set the exact same settings and color but use 2 or 3
pixels for the blur. (Note: By now you've noticed that
Illustrator does not save the effect settings and you
have to manually enter them every time. Annoying
little quirk! You can use Effect > Apply Inner Glow to
apply the exact same settings to repeat objects but
since we have to change the number of pixels, we are
forced to start over each time.) Now select the foot,
with the direct select tool, remove the stroke, and go
to Effect > Inner Glow. Once again set the exact same
settings and color but use 8 pixels for the blur.
Select and group all of the pieces of the wineglass (not
the wine pieces) and in the transparency palette,
change the mode to Multiply. Below you can see the
wineglass at normal mode and at multiply mode. And
as you can see it looks about the same. Or does it?
When I place a colored rectangle behind the glasses
and you can see the transparency. Notice how the wine is
not transparent. We'll fix that next.

Now let's do the wine. We'll use a

red gradient, and fill each part
separately. Use the color palette
(Window > Color, F6) to mix a new
dark red color: Red: 104, Green: 0,
Blue: 0. Drag the chip to the
swatches palette.
Open the gradient palette and then
click on the black and white radial gradient in the swatches palette to load it.
Drag the red swatch from the swatches palette to the white gradient stop and drop it on it to
change white to red. Then drag the new dark red swatch to the black gradient stop and drop it
to change black to dark red. Click on the red stop on the left, look at the location box, and it
should say 0%. If it doesn't slide the stop right or left so it does.
Click on the dark red stop at the right and look at the location box and make sure it says 100%.
If it doesn't, adjust it.
Click on the midpoint diamond above the gradient ramp and see if the location box says 50%; if
it doesn't type 50 in the box and hit
return or enter. Drag the chip to the
swatches palette so it's available to
use for a fill.

Select the wine top with the direct select tool and remove the stroke.
Fill it with your new dark red gradient. Repeat with the wine bowl
piece.
Select the wine top with the direct select tool. We need to readjust the
gradient. Activate the interactive gradient tool (G) from the toolbox.
Place the cursor where the square is on the illustration and click and
drag to the end of the arrow on the wine top.
Select the wine bowl piece with the direct select tool, and activate the
interactive gradient tool again. Click about where the square is on the illustration and drag to the
end of the arrow.
Select the wine top and wine bowl both,
and go to Effect > Stylize > Inner Glow.
Use these settings: Color: Black; Mode:
Multiply; Opacity: 50%; Blur: about 17;
Tick Edge. Click OK.
In the transparency palette, set the mode
to Multiply, and then go to Object >
Arrange > Send to Back to send the wine
behind the glass.
Use the pen tool to draw highlights on the glass. Give it
a white fill and no stroke. Select the highlight and go to
Effect > Stylize > Feather. Make sure the preview box is
checked and try different amounts of feathering until it looks
right. The amount will depend on how big your highlight is.
Mine is set at 6 pixels. In the transparency palette, leave the
mode on normal and lower the transparency until it looks right to you; again, this will depend on
your highlight. Mine is set at 50%.